Health Tech & Capacity Building: Guinea-Bissau’s Public Health Minister Quinhin Nantote says China is playing a “relevant” role after a handover of 16 desktop computers to strengthen the ministry’s administrative and technical capacity. Regional Marine Protection: West African states including Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, Gambia and Mauritania push to include the Eastern Atlantic in the first wave of marine protected areas, with a joint regional marine protected area planned to safeguard livelihoods and biodiversity. Cross-Border Lab & Surveillance: A $14.26m West African health program backed by the African Development Fund targets disease surveillance and quality care across ECOWAS, including a cross-border “One Health” laboratory in Togo that will support regional lab capacity. Trade Rules for Tech-Enabled Customs: WAEMU aligns origin determination lists with HS 2022 to prevent misapplication of preferential rules, improve risk assessment, and support accurate revenue collection. Cybersecurity Skills: ECOWAS’s regional cybersecurity hackathon crowns Nigeria’s “Error” team after a 48-hour build against ransomware, phishing, fraud, extortion and threats to critical infrastructure, with Guinea-Bissau among participating countries. Maritime Risk & Flags of Convenience: A US strike in the Gulf of Oman reportedly involved a Guinea-Bissau-flagged vessel, renewing scrutiny of “flags of convenience” and shadow-fleet practices.